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Thinking about the pattern you discovered in exercise 4 , now consider the plurals of the following words: wolf calf house mouth elf knife How do these differ from the plurals you discussed above?

   Thinking about the pattern you discovered in exercise 4 , now consider the plurals of the following words:
wolf
calf
house
mouth
elf
knife
How do these differ from the plurals you discussed above?

Introducing Morphology

Introducing Morphology

Rochelle Lieber 3rd Edition

Chapter 9, Problem 5

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" The plural of "calf" is "calves." The plural of "house" is "houses." The plural of "mouth" is "mouths." The plural of "elf" is "elves." The plural of "knife" is "knives." These plurals differ from the ones discussed above because they involve irregular plural Show more…

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